Device for holding tops of boxes open.



No. 664,935. k Patented Jan. I, 30!. r E. EGG; plsvlcz Fon HOLDING TOPS or BUXES' oven.

(Application filed Apl 80,-1.900.)

(No Model.)

1 hereto attached. I a he -While the essential and characteristic fea tures of the invention are necessarily suscep- UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE;

EDWARD nee, OF

' DEVICE FOR HoLomc SOANDIA, KANSAS.

To'Ps or coxss'orsn;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,935, dated'J A, #11901. 7 7

Application filed Api'il so, 1900.

To all whom it may concern;

Be'it known that I, EDWARD EGG, a-citizen of the United States, residing at Scandia, inthe county of Republic and State of Kansas have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding the Tops of Boxes Open; and I do hereby declare the v follow-ingto be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,such as-wille'nable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

. This invention'has. relation to means for holding box-covers openi at any required an-' gle, being specially designed .for display purv poses and obviating the necessity' of piling boxes in the rear of'the one exhibiting the goods placed for; public observation. The device is particularl designed for cigar-boxes and is separate and independent thereof,so as to lie used repeatedly with different boxes, and is of such formationasflto admit of its being cheaply and easily manu-' -factured and placed upon :the market at a nominal cost. l The invention consists of the novel "features, details of construction, and combination of the parts,'w'hich hereinafter will be more fully disclosed and finally claimed, and for this purpose and also to acquire a knowledge of the merits of the invention'and the struct'ural details of the meanswhereby the results are attained reference isto be had to the appended description and the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The device in its simplest form comprises f terminal clips 1 and 2, having a right-angular disposition-that is, the clip2iis arranged a box, "showing the "application of the invention. f Fig. 2 is a side elevation showings portion of the box. Fig. '3. is a detail view in ,perspective of the parts shown-in Fig. '2. F'igI-4 is v a detail perspective -vievv'of the device parse. V ,lCorresponding and like parts are referred. to in the followingdescription'and indicated Stamina-14,989; (Remodel-l relatively at a right angle to the-plane of the clip 1. Both clips involve a-springconstruction, so asto automatically-clamp the sides of the parts "fitted thereto. This constructionis necessary in order to prevent possible slipping and enable the clips to adapt themselves to slight variations in the thickness of material comprising the'parts'of the box or' package to which they are respectivelyfittedr this wire is resilient, so as to retain the shape imparted thereto and provide the spring action' necessary for the successful operation of the, clips 1 and 2. The wire isbent at a point between-its ends into approximately-C form,

clips "land 2. The clip 11 curves longitudinally in conformity to the circular outline of.

and its'end portionsare rebent to provide the ,75 the-body. portion of the holder.-- -A fold 4 con-.

nects the clip 2 with the body? and is'jneces sary to throw the said clip 2 wholly to one side of the plane of the-body. v The clips 1" and 2 project laterally from the same side of the body,thereby leaving 'the outer side of the article flat-or'free of projecting parts" whichwould extend beyond the-end of the ,box when fitted thereto, and; which would' 3 preventthe close assembling of a series of boxes. The clips may project from one side :the right-hand or-theleft-handend ofa'boii; In other words, the device or 'holderwill be constructed in-rights andlefts.

end of the said cover 7 in: proximal relationwith sufficient force to hold the cover open at The required inclination. r

In practice the clip-1218 engagedv ov'er tlie end piece-5 of a box 6, adjacentto thehinge' of the cover], and the clip 2 isfitteditothe 's] or the'fother from the plane of die body, ac-:; cording aslthe holder is intended for use at I to th e-hinge,"the parts 5 and 7 being clamped between the members of the respective clips I roe chinery and is effective in use and provides means for holding the-hinged, cover ofa box fopenvat any required angle and isespecially I adapted when it"is required to display goods in the package without removing them from thebox or receptacle. 7

The clip 1 curving longitudinally obtains sufiicient engagement with the sides of the edge portion of the part 5 to prevent slipping without extending down too far along the. inner side of the part 5 and disturbing the goods. Moreover, either clipl or 2 can be shifted to hold the cover 7 open at the desired angle. The fold 4, in addition to forming an element of the clip 2,'is adapted to hold a; ticket, slip, or like article containing any matter to be prominently displayed. T

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A holder for box-covers, provided'a't one end with a clip and at its opposite end with a clip and afold, the latterconstitnting an element of the proximal clipandadapted to hold aticket, substantially as described.

2. A holder for box-cover s, provided at one end with a longitudinally-curved clip, and at its opposite end with a laterally-extending clip and fold havingan element common to 25 each said fold being adapted to hold a ticket,

mately 0 form and having one of its terminal portions be'nt'to provide a. clip at one side of thebody and ma plane parallel therewith, said clip curving longitudinally in conformity to the adjacentportiori of the body, and the opposite end portion of the wire being bent laterally to pgovide a fold and a clip at one-side ofv the fbo y and in'a plane at a-right angle thereto, substantially as described.

in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

H..S. COOPER, 1 I A. 'R. MQREY. i

3o bent intermediate of its endsinto approxii 4 In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature 

